tocaio

noun

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The verdict

“tocaio” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pessoa com mesmo nome de outrem; homônimo

Key facts for tocaio
PropertyValue
Headwordtocaio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tocaio” sits in Portuguese frequency

tocaio falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tocaio is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "pessoa com mesmo nome de outrem; homônimo".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tocaio in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tocaio, spelled T-O-C-A-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    pessoa com mesmo nome de outrem; homônimo

Synonyms

xará

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tocaio"?
"tocaio" is spelled T-O-C-A-I-O.
What does "tocaio" mean?
As a noun, "tocaio" means: pessoa com mesmo nome de outrem; homônimo
What language does "tocaio" come from?
"tocaio" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “tocaio”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-C-A-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list